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„When the Woodlark Sings“ – Nominee at the Digital Griffix Film Awards Montreal

Wonderful! Our film is nominated for the BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR at the Digital Griffix Film Awards in MONTREAL, Canada! Here is a quote from the film festival about the jury: "Our jury is composed of award-winning filmmakers who perfectly understand the hard work put into independent filmmaking!" We are overjoyed and very proud! Thank you to our cast and crew members and everyone who supported us in the process! Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 Watch the music...

Abel Ferrara's PADRE PIO, Starring Shia LeBeouf, To Have North American Premiere at Mammoth Film Festival

With Mammoth Film Festival 2023 less than days away, the festival continues to reveal incredible work being showcased in this year's lineup, revealing their opening night premiere announcement and new exciting slate additions. This year is also a true buyers market, with previous festivals resulting in a variety of sales across all genres from features to episodic to documentaries. Mammoth Film Festival’s international status is also growing exponentially, with this year’s arra...

„When the Woodlark Sings“ – Honorable Mention & Official Selection at the Florence Film Awards

We are delighted that our film received the HONORABLE MENTION for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE and at the same time the OFFICIAL SELECTION for BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY at the Florence Film Awards in Italy! We are honored that our film was very well received in the beautiful city of Florence! We thank all our film team members and all supporters! Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/sDsy_MdP4gE More information: https://heidelerche-fil...

„When the Woodlark Sings“ – Official Selection at the SANFICI

GREAT NEWS! Official Selection in INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION at SANFICI - Santander Festival internacional de cine independiente in Bucaramanga, Colombia! SANFICI promises "5 intense days of the best independent cinema"! Our film will be shown on February 23, 2023 at 4pm at the Auditorio Luis A. Calvo - which makes us tremendously happy because the auditorium seats 989! We thank the cast and crew, and all the supporters who believed in us! Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXu...

RIFF, 09, 2023, 08: What you missed

RIFF, 09, 2023, 08: What you missed Third day of Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) showcased a number of interesting films, and talk-shows on topics concerning cinema, at INOX, Crystal Palm, Jaipur. The talk-show, Cinema and Society, was a discussion about the importance of cinema at social level, and the participating dignitaries stated their related thoughts. Participants included Ajit Rai, Buvana Ram, Charles Thomson, a senior official of the Rajasthan Police and Siraj Syed. ...

„When the Woodlark Sings“ – Official Selection on the 4theatre Film Festival

Very nice news! Official Selection in the category BEST DIRECTOR at the 4THEATRE SELECTION Film Festival in the USA. The film festival selects the best films among thousands of projects from all over the world. We are honored and very happy to be selected! ☞ Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 ☞ Watch the music-clip: https://youtu.be/sDsy_MdP4gE ☞ More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com/   ...

RIFF, 09, 2023, 07: The Big Night

RIFF, 09, 2023, 07: The Big Night At the concluding ceremony of the Rajasthan International Film Festival, at the Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, on 05 February 2023, a total of 54 awards were presented. Special Awards – [7] [01] RIFF 2023 - LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN INDIAN CINEMA: PARIKSHAT SAHNI [02] RIFF 2023 -LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN RAJASTHANI CINEMA: PRAVEEN KUMAR [03] RIFF 2023 HONORARY AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN INTERNATIONAL CINEM...

RIFF 09, 2023, 6: Days 01 and 02

RIFF 09, 2023, 6: Days 01 and 02 On 01 February 2023, day one of the Rajasthan International Film Festival the late actor Padma Shri Irrfaan Khan (full name Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan) was honoured with the RIFF Theme Award 2023 (Sports in Cinema), for the film Paan Singh Tomar. Ms. Sutapa Sikdar, writer and wife of Irrfan Khan, accepted the honour on his behalf. Rajasthani Documentary film Dhinga Gavar, directed by Somendra Harsh, which was screened in January at the Dhaka International Fil...

RIFF 09, 2023, 5: The Line-up

RIFF 09, 2023, 5: The Line-up The venues The grand Opening Ceremony of Rajasthan International Film Festival - RIFF 2023 was to be held in Jaipur on 1st February at INOX, Crystal Palm, C-Scheme, Jaipur. This would be followed by film screenings, open forums, workshops and talk shows for the next four days, which be held at Screen 3 - INOX, Crystal Palm, C - Scheme, from 2 to 5 February 2023. The grand RIFF Closing Ceremony and RIFF Award Night was to be held on 5 February at the Open-Air The...

RIFF 09, 2023, 4: Life-time Achievement Award for Parikshat Sahni

RIFF 09, 2023, 4: Life-time Achievement Award for Parikshat Sahni The 9th Edition of the Rajasthan International Film Festival(RIFF) 2023 will be held from 1st to 5th February in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Festival Director announced that the life-time achievement award will be given this year to lead actor and later character artiste, the eminent personality, Parikshat Sahni. Sahni is well-known to the earlier generation for TV shows like Barrister Vinod and Gul Gulshan Gulfaam. The latter was set ...

SCO Film Festival: India to host, festival begins tomorrow

SCO Film Festival: India to host, festival begins tomorrow In a first-of-its-kind event, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO)’s film festival opens tomorrow in Mumbai. This is part of the initiatives taken by India after assuming Presidency of SCO. A total of 55 films will be screened during the festival, at two venues: the Films Division Complex, Peddar Road, and Nehru Centre. Proceedings will be kicked-off at an inaugural function, to be held at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, Nat...

Mammoth Film Festival Poised To Reach New Heights in 2023 / Fest to Feature Robust Program of Premieres, Panels and VIP Events

The highly anticipated Mammoth Film Festival™, taking place from March 2 to 6, 2023, has announced the first round of this year’s robust program. The five-day festival will feature over 80 films selected from an overwhelming response of submissions via  FilmFreeway, inclusive of U.S and international world premieres across the feature, documentary, short, music video and episodic categories, with a highlighted action sports category. The festival strives to showcase world...

RIFF, 09, 2023, 03: Festival director’s film screened at Dhaka International Film Festival

RIFF, 09, 2023, 03: Festival director’s film screened at Dhaka International Film Festival Rajasthani documentary film Dhinga Gavar, directed and produced by Somendra Harsh, was screened at the 21st Dhaka International Film Festival. The film had its world première at the National Museum in Dhaka on Wednesday. Somendra Harsh represented his film and interacted with the cine lovers present there. ‘Dhinga’ means fun by pretence and ‘Gavar’ means Gangaur or G...

Cuban American Filmmaker Gabriel Caste Asks “Are Your Awake?” / Short Thriller to World Premiere at SBIFF 2023

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Cuban American filmmaker Gabriel Caste’s latest short film Are You Awake? will have its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The psychological thriller will premiere as part of the Fear & The Truths We Avoid Shorts Block scheduled for Friday, February 10th at 10 a.m. and Monday, February 13th at 7:20 p.m., with a filmmakers’ Q&A following each day’s screening.    Gabriel Caste   In ...

RIFF 09, 2023, 02: Second list of films to be screened announced

RIFF 09, 2023, 02: Second list of films to be screened announced 9th edition of the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), organised by RIFF Film Club and accredited by the Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region), will be held from 1st to 5th February 2023 at INOX, Crystal Palm, C-Scheme, Jaipur, with the theme ‘Sports in Cinema’. The second list of films to be screened during this festival was released a couple of days ago. A total of 20 films have been off...

Cittador International Film Festival 2022 - Catalog

After the first edition of the Cittador International Film Festival 2022, the catalog remains as an important document of the Cittador International Film Festival. The catalog contains information about the festival, which took place on December 27, 2022 in Vienna, Austria, and provides information about the participating short films, presents the winning films including the jury statement and includes short interviews with the filmmakers. Projector Edition #1, Paperback, 80 Pages, ISBN: 979-8...

Cittador International Film Festival - Winners 2022

      Winners 2022 Jury Awarded Films   Best Narrative Short – Jury Award “The Pencil“ by Alexandre Mahutte, Canada Jury´s Statement ...

Third Eye, 2022, 19, 04: Asian Film Festival screens five Gujarati Films, including Hellaro

Third Eye, 2022, 19, 04: Asian Film Festival screens five Gujarati Films, including Hellaro In a specially curated package, the Thirst Eye Asian Film Festival has screened five Gujarati films. Film archiver and film culture activist Subhash Chheda, a friend of mine, has curated the package. For those who missed it at other festivals, the primary attraction would have been the Award wiNational nning Hellaro, directed by Abhishek Shah. The other films are Dhad (Paresh Naik), Reva (Rahul Bh...

Third Eye, 2022, 19, 03: Asian Film Foundation awards Sudhir Nandgaonkar the Satyajit Ray prize

Third Eye, 2022, 19, 03: Asian Film Foundation awards Sudhir Nandgaonkar the Satyajit Ray prize Sudhir Nandgaonkar worked tirelessly, all his life, for the cultural heritage of cinema. He reached out far and wide, propagating this culture, and played a key role in getting the local Marathi-speaking cinegoers of Mumbai and its suburbs to watch and appreciate world cinema, and discuss and debate it too. Towards this end, his Prabhat Chitra Mandal Film Society served the cause extremely well, by...

Two-day Bollywood International Film Festival kicks off on the 17th in Mumbai

Two-day Bollywood International Film Festival kicks off on the 17th in Mumbai “A film festival needs to be ethical and impartial, and that is exactly what Bollywood International Film Festival strives to be,” said Bollywood International Film Festival (BIFF) founder-chairperson Pratibha Sharma, and actor-director Yashpal Sharma at the media meet of the film festival, held at the Harmony Hall of Carnival Cinema, Oshiwara, Mumbai Of the 200 plus entries received by the festival, th...

Deadline Approaching - Last Call for Entry

We are approaching the end of our deadline for submissions - don't miss your opportunity and submit your film today on: https://filmfreeway.com/CittadorInternationalFilmFestival Festival Homepage: https://iff.cittador.com ...

„When the Woodlark Sings“ – Official Selection on the Iconic Images Film Festival

Our film "When the Woodlark Sings" was selected on the Iconic Images Film Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania in the categories BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR and BEST DRAMA FILM! We are glad, enchanted and thankful!  Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/sDsy_MdP4gE More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com ...

Third Eye, 2022, 19, 01: Asian Film Festival resurfaces after Covid break

Third Eye, 2022, 19, 01: Asian Film Festival resurfaces after Covid break The 19th edition of the Third Eye Asian Film Festival, organised by the Asian Film Foundation, will begin from December 12, 2022. Started in 2002, under the stewardship of Mr. Sudhir Nandgaonkar, the festival is a one-of-its-kind experience for film buffs from Mumbai. It allows them to watch parallel cinema from various Asian countries. Supported by Government of Maharashtra, the Festival has received special assistance...

RIFF 09, 2023, 01: First list unveiled

RIFF 09, 2023, 01: First list unveiled The 9th edition of the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), organised by RIFF Film Club and accredited by the Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region), will be held from the 1st to the 5th of February 2023, at INOX, Crystal Palm, C-Scheme, Jaipur, Rajasthan, with the theme Sports in Cinema.  The first list of the 9th Rajasthan International Film Festival 2023 was released today, where a total of 22 films have been officially...

IFFI 53, 2022, 13: Master Class on Gender and Work in Hindi Cinema

IFFI 53, 2022, 13: Master Class on Gender and Work in Hindi Cinema A Masterclass on Gender Participation in Hindi Cinema was held at the 53rd International Film Festival of India, in association with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), in Panaji, Goa wherein a presentation on Breaking the Screen Ceiling: Gender and Work in Hindi Cinema was held. Key insights from a quantitative research study on gender and work, both on and off screen, in Hindi cinema, were presented during the mas...

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